Heed the Call of the Faerie Queen!

All across Urth stand doorways to hidden places. These are the realms of the faerie, entire worlds of magic and wonder, fear and horror. No friends to mortals, the faeries abandoned Urth long ago, leaving their homelands to humankind to do with as it wished. Now, with the Demon Lord’s shadow casting a pall across the land, the faeries have begun to return from their self-imposed exile, to join the fight against the darkness and purge the world of the evil that grips it. Terrible Beauty presents tools for players and Game Masters to introduce faerie stories, mechanics, and themes into Shadow of the Demon Lord campaigns. Inside, you’ll find:

The elf, hobgoblin, and pixie ancestries.

An assortment of new paths such as the Avowed expert path and the eternal guardian and troll hunter master paths.

The Fey tradition, and new spells for existing traditions.

Overviews of several sample faerie kingdoms.

New relics such as the Vorpal Sword and a new enchanted object table.

New creatures ranging from the fair nymph to the foul jabberwock.

A complete adventure for expert characters.

Terrible Beauty opens new doors to adventure and horror in a dying world, and the options presented here will leave your game forever changed!

Are the Schwalb POD versions on here identical to the print versions I see for sale on other websites, or are those traditional/offset print copies? (other than the core book hardcover, which I know is traditional/offset print).

Scott NSeptember 27, 2016 4:21 pm UTC

PURCHASER

For some reason the background version pdf is broken for me, it keeps saying no colorframe, I don't get it?

October 07, 2016 1:10 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Sorry I missed this. Have you tried downloading the PDF again?

Scott NOctober 13, 2016 1:12 pm UTC

PURCHASER

A few times, the non-background version is the only one that seems to work for me.

May 01, 2016 12:32 am UTC

PURCHASER

I wish there was a decently priced print only option (doesn't help that exchange rate from Australia could be better). But pricing seems to assume you want PDF only or PDF + print.
Price for Tales of the Desolation in print is much better for around the same page count (though print + PDF is also less than for other books).
I love the game and really want to get a range of these books in print, but the current print only price is likely to put some potential customers off, which is a pity considering it deserves great success.

Drew BApril 08, 2016 2:12 am UTC

PURCHASER

Will a physical copy be available?

April 08, 2016 4:27 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Yes. Waiting for the proof to arrive from the printer before I can turn on that option.

Alan PApril 12, 2016 2:17 am UTC

PURCHASER

I already own the PDF, but will be buying the print option as well. WELL WORTH IT.

rowdy SApril 14, 2016 12:28 am UTC

PURCHASER

Same here, looking forward to buying the print even though I have the pdf.

Marcus SApril 07, 2016 10:47 am UTC

PURCHASER

Will there be a "no-background" version coming in the future? This book is gonna devour my green ink in the first dozen pages.

April 07, 2016 5:11 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

You should have one now.

Corwyn CApril 08, 2016 7:12 pm UTC

PURCHASER

I was also wondering about the no background version as the download link for the colour background copy is the only one showing for me.

April 10, 2016 4:20 pm UTC

PUBLISHER

Looks like I failed to upload the updated file and the background free file. Did that this morning.

Probably one of the best supplements made for an RPG about faeries. Useful not just for the GM who wants to delve into the fair folk realms, but also for the players who want to play a faerie themselves (there are plenty of cool Ancestries, tables and [...]

Rob Schwalb once again delivers a very strong product. The new ancestry options provide an immense amount of flavor and provide story elements without feeling shoe-horned or tacked on. The expert and master path stuff is exceptionally well done, too. [...]

I'm so excited that I can play these. I was so sad when they weren't in the core book. Now if we could get all these smaller thing collected and put into another book I would so buy it. Either as POD or another kickstarter. I love this game. I havent [...]

Robert J. Schwalb has given fans of his fantasy/horror roleplaying game Shadow of the Demon Lord another excellent expansion. As with Tombs of the Desolation, when Terrible Beauty came out, I dropped everything to read it and was rewarded immensely. [...]

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